A joke about the irony of being fired from a Jobcentre has been named the funniest of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Adam Rowe won the 11th annual award for Dave's Funniest Joke Of The Fringe with the line: "Working at the Jobcentre has to be a tense job - knowing that if you get fired, you still have to come in the next day."

The joke from Rowe's show Undeniable won with 41% of a public vote on a shortlist of gags picked by comedy critics.

Former bartender Rowe began doing stand-up in 2010 and has previously been crowned Liverpool Comedian of the Year.

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Dave channel director Luke Hales said: "This year, the news agenda and every day British idiosyncrasies have provided some wonderful opportunities for comedians to use their creative and comic genius in giving us all a giggle.

"As ever, we have enjoyed some quite brilliant one-liners and are delighted to crown Adam Rowe as the recipient of this year's Dave's Funniest Joke of the Fringe Award."

Top 10 jokes from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018

1. "Working at the JobCentre has to be a tense job - knowing that if you get fired, you still have to come in the next day" - Adam Rowe

2. "I had a job drilling holes for water - it was well boring" - Leo Kearse